Archive for February, 2015

Feb201527

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The National Football League announced today that Nicole Gustafson will become its Vice President for Public Policy and Government Affairs.

Gustafson will be based in the NFL office in Washington, D.C., where she will help develop the league’s public policy and legislative initiatives and work with NFL teams on local and state issues. She will begin next month in this newly created position.

Feb201526

Staff

Judge Doty’s order did not contain any determinations concerning the fairness of the appeals process under the CBA, including the commissioner’s longstanding authority to appoint a designee to act as hearing officer. Even so, we believe strongly that Judge Doty’s order is incorrect and fundamentally at odds with well-established legal precedent governing the district court’s role in reviewing arbitration decisions. As a result, we have filed a notice of appeal to have the ruling reviewed by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. In the interim, Adrian Peterson will be returned to the Commissioner Exempt List pending further proceedings by appeals officer Harold Henderson or a determination by the Eighth Circuit Court.

For the 11th year, NFL Media provides exclusive multi-platform coverage of the league’s next generation of talent with more than 45 hours of live coverage of the 2015 NFL Scouting Combine Presented by Under Armour. Beginning Wednesday, February 18, NFL Network, NFL.com, NFL Now and NFL Mobile broadcast live from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, providing an up-close look at Heisman Trophy Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston and the rest of the more than 330 NFL prospects looking to take the next step in their careers.

Feb201513

Staff

A date has been added to the 2015 NFL Regional Combines schedule, the NFL announced today. The additional date is for position players only and will be on Sunday, March 8 at the Chicago Bears’ Halas Hall at Conway Park. The additional date is a result of the high demand for draft eligible prospects to attend the other regional combine sites and will ensure these prospects have an opportunity to showcase their talent through the regional combines.

NFL Regional Combines, hosted throughout the country, serve as a supplement to the NFL’s National Scouting Combine and provide an opportunity for current draft eligible players to display their skills before veteran NFL talent evaluators.

Feb201511

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The Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers will travel to Canton in August to kick off the National Football League’s 2015 preseason in the NFL/Hall of Fame Game.

The preseason classic is set for Sunday, Aug. 9 at 8 PM ET in Canton’s Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. The NFL/Hall of Fame Game is televised nationally on NBC’s Sunday Night Football, and also broadcast nationally on radio by Westwood One Sports.

Feb201509

Staff

Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel has been named the NFL’s first chief health and medical advisor, it was announced today. In this capacity, Dr. Nabel will be the league’s senior medical expert.

Dr. Nabel will continue to serve as president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and as a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. A cardiologist and distinguished biomedical researcher, she formerly served as Director of the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Nabel brings a unique perspective to health care based on her experience as a physician, research scientist, academic medicine leader, and wellness advocate.

Feb201504

Staff

Fans encouraged to submit and share video of themselves running the ‘40’

Fans can join NFL Network, DIRECTV & Under Armour in supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as part of its collaboration with NFL PLAY 60

With the NFL Scouting Combine just weeks away, fans are once again gearing up to watch some of the top prospects flash their athletic skills for scouts, GM’s, and coaches exclusively on NFL Network. And in what has become an annual NFL Scouting Combine tradition, NFL Network host Rich Eisen will once again don a pair of cleats, along with a suit and tie, and run the 40-yard dash.